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Devian666 posted:My computer has caught the blue dot on the update icon. It's threatening to upgrade to Windows 11. Is there a way to disable this until Windows 12 releases? Don't say yes to the upgrade? AFAIK the 11 upgrade is still only offered, and won't do it without user action. You can follow these instructions with "21H2" in the targeted version. That will block 11 if it ever becomes an auto-install. But it'll also block the '22 annual update, so at some point you'll need to come back and edit it again.
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If you tell it you don't want Windows 11 it goes away
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Jan 25, 2022 21:56
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Not sure where else to ask Anyone use bluestacks or any other emulation software? Could one hypothetically use it for discord and get push notifications? Could said push notifications be alerted to one's phone in a roundabout way? Before you ask, no one cannot use discord on one's phone because a server is banned on one's main account
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Jan 26, 2022 20:04
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Klyith posted:Hey dude my old mouse-blocking thing was not as nice as I remembered, so I took a bit more time to do a better job. Just finished it up now. Here you go: GoonSleep The first time I used it I set it to start loving with my mouse about 90 minutes in the future, and stop an hour later. The sad face emoji appeared, then my mouse button became annoying to use but I could easily save and quit. Then I walked away from my computer because even closing Steam and powering down would have taken too many annoying mouse clicks. The second time I set it to work for only 5 minutes, 2 hours in the future. That was perfect. Knowing that I can work around GoonSleep's restrictions by simply ctrl-alt-del to Task Manager is great, that's enough effort by itself to knock me out of the game trance and accomplish the goal here but that option means I'll happily use GoonSleep and ignore the voice in my head that asks stupid questions like "but what if I want to reply to that email right after I quit the game?". A+++ will allow my computer to install unknown software from an unknown source again.
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Jan 27, 2022 02:24
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Ctrl-alt-esc skips the stupid ctrl alt del screen and gets you to task manager immediately. I know nobody asked but I really hate that cad screen.
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tuyop posted:Ctrl-alt-esc skips the stupid ctrl alt del screen and gets you to task manager immediately. 
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Jan 27, 2022 03:34
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You mean ctrl-shift-esc.
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Jan 27, 2022 03:42
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Gromit posted:You mean ctrl-shift-esc. Lol yes, oops
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Jan 27, 2022 03:44
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What...what does the other one do?
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Jan 27, 2022 03:55
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Ynglaur posted:What...what does the other one do? I was playing with various ahk scripts today to see about switching audio poo poo around and that was a key combo I was thinking about. 
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Jan 27, 2022 03:57
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ExecuDork posted:Trip report: GoonSleep is excellent. Glad you like it! I made it more assuming a regular time of day to quit, so the way you want different times might be a bit annoying. Sometimes you might start it and end up in the block-out time from the last use. I could add something more like the sleep timer on a TV where you just give it a countdown time if that would work better for you. Ynglaur posted:What...what does the other one do? ctrl+alt+esc is kinda an inverse alt-tab. deactivate current window & send it below all other windows, activate window that was previously lowest. dunno when that would be useful but it's there!
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Jan 27, 2022 05:01
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Klyith posted:
I think it's the same as just Alt+Esc. It's useful if you have maxmised windows to "deactivate".
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tuyop posted:Ctrl-alt-esc skips the stupid ctrl alt del screen and gets you to task manager immediately. Gromit posted:You mean ctrl-shift-esc. Oh hey, that'll teach to read ahead before typing up a reply (no it won't, I'll never learn that I'm too dumb for forums). Yeah, that works. So I guess we discovered a quick way to jump back to another program, instead of cycling through alt-tab. EDIT: A countdown timer would be nice but it works great as-is.
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Jan 27, 2022 06:56
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Klyith posted:Don't say yes to the upgrade? AFAIK the 11 upgrade is still only offered, and won't do it without user action. I got the "offer" to upgrade to 11 the other day and cause of my bad Win 10 experience (hit the "x" on the upgrade window instead of "cancel" and got Win10*) I opted out. I note that everyone hates the new taskbar....but is there anything else I should be wary of? Does it mess with my Docs, Pics, Music, Videos folders like that one upgrade that wiped them if they were in the wrong place? All the major articles seem UI focused which makes sense cause Win11 seems like a coat of paint with some minor chair shuffling over Win10. I guess until Microsoft makes DirectX15 Win11 exclusive, is there any reason to upgrade beyond a more consolidated Settings menu and the ability to run Android apps (why?)? *Win10 is fine. Its like Win7 but somewhat better. I just didn't like how I was "tricked" by following 20 years of Windows UI design language
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Jan 27, 2022 08:23
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DirectStorage is already 11 exclusive so when we see some games that actually load fast hit the PC that will be a more compelling reason to upgrade.
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Jan 27, 2022 09:51
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They already backpedaled on that https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directstorage-developer-preview-now-available/ quote:Microsoft is committed to ensuring that when game developers adopt a new API, they can reach as many gamers as possible. As such, games built against the DirectStorage SDK will be compatible with Windows 10, version 1909 and up; the same as the DirectX 12 Agility SDK. They say Win11 has some nebulous kernel improvements that let DirectStorage work faster, but it'll still work on 10
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So I upgraded to 11 last week and just ran into an issue I'm not finding much on via Google: is there any way to directly call Snipping Tool without using Start Menu/Win+Shift+S? Back on 10 I had an extremely convenient mouse button mapping to SnippingTool.exe, but I can't seem to find a specific executable for the new version. Has anyone figured this out, or is it time to find a third-party screenshot app?
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Jan 27, 2022 19:28
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For me it's in AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SnippingTool.exe
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Jan 27, 2022 21:16
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Guessing that changes anytime that tool updates.
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Jan 27, 2022 22:36
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The perfect use case for Everything! search.
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Jan 27, 2022 22:52
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This works when typed into the run box, but not on a commandline: ms-screenclip: ms-screensketch: (First one is same as win+shift+s, second is the snipping app. The trailing ':' is required, because these are fake URLs that launch the program rather than actual files or links.) So it's gonna depend on how your mouse button command mapping works. If it's via your mouse drivers trying to launch a file, maybe not. Autohotkey's Run command works fine.
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tuyop posted:I was playing with various ahk scripts today to see about switching audio poo poo around and that was a key combo I was thinking about. The only hotkey I have is a simple “right ctrl + numpad 0” that switches my headset & speakers back and forth. Using a very small program called SoundSwitch. My twenty-year old keyboard died last month and the replacement is a 2008-era kb with media functions built in…I can launch like 10 programs from iTunes to Windows Explorer to email now. I was able to clean like eight taskbar-pinned shortcuts off my bar, but I’m still getting used to launching through the kb. Muscle memory takes forever, but at least this kb still has letters and numbers visible on the surface.
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Jan 28, 2022 02:27
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I started using Ear Trumpet last year to quickly swap between speakers and headset. I don't have a hotkey for it but it's nice to be able to just click the volume button and swap them.
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Medullah posted:I started using Ear Trumpet last year to quickly swap between speakers and headset. I don't have a hotkey for it but it's nice to be able to just click the volume button and swap them. Yeah, Ear Trumpet is a fine program. It’s what I used before SoundSwitch as well. Both are free, too!
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Medullah posted:I started using Ear Trumpet last year to quickly swap between speakers and headset. I don't have a hotkey for it but it's nice to be able to just click the volume button and swap them. I left-click the volume icon in my taskbar and can select between my speakers and headset. Didn't need anything 3rd party that I can remember, but I had to hide a few audio devices that Nvidia added.
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One of the only real benefits to buying Teams-certified headsets when we were going all-in on MS Teams has been that Teams will default to a certified audio device if one is connected, and the end user doesn't have to do anything. So we just send out headsets, people plug them in, and the next time they make a Teams call it's happening over that. They cost exactly the same as the non-Teams models, at least in the case of the Polycom stuff we've been using.
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Gromit posted:I left-click the volume icon in my taskbar and can select between my speakers and headset. Didn't need anything 3rd party that I can remember, but I had to hide a few audio devices that Nvidia added. Not the op, but with EarTrumpet, you can switch quickly and see where something is playing by right-clicking. The Windows 11 volume switcher doesn't show you which device is currently playing; an extra-click is required to see that compared to Windows 10.
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Thanks Ants posted:One of the only real benefits to buying Teams-certified headsets when we were going all-in on MS Teams has been that Teams will default to a certified audio device if one is connected, and the end user doesn't have to do anything. So we just send out headsets, people plug them in, and the next time they make a Teams call it's happening over that. They cost exactly the same as the non-Teams models, at least in the case of the Polycom stuff we've been using. Hah, I actually thought it was looking for audio devices called "Headset". (One other benefit is that device mute button mostly will sync with Teams software mute state.)
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Klyith posted:This works when typed into the run box, but not on a commandline: Could you do "start ms-screenclip:" in a command line? I think that's the "open this file/url with the default association" tool.
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Jan 28, 2022 13:01
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is this EaseUS software humble bundle a good pickup? the disk cloning tool sounds useful in the short term for me, at the bare minimum, and if the other stuff is solidly rated software then I'll grab the lot of it.
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Captain Invictus posted:is this EaseUS software humble bundle a good pickup? the disk cloning tool sounds useful in the short term for me, at the bare minimum, and if the other stuff is solidly rated software then I'll grab the lot of it. Macrum is free cloning software and works perfectly.
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Jan 30, 2022 05:57
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I've used the partitioning and recovery tools. They're pretty decent but just cloning is dirt simple and free with Macrium Reflect. Otoh hand hey it goes to charity. 
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I've used a lot of their software and it's all fine. I've had better results with their file recovery than other free apps so we actually have a copy at work. Can't speak to the other stuff Also this is all 1 year subscription. But if you need some of the other stuff, Deployment Manager, etc. Could be worth it. It's certainly cheap. BonoMan fucked around with this message at 14:56 on Jan 30, 2022 |
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Does anyone use Teams as their main phone system and is it any good? I've connected a SIP trunk and done a little testing and if costings are good it might be a neat softphone solution, as our users all have Teams already.
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If people are already using Teams then it's fine. If you're trying to shift from an old PBX with desk phones to Teams then the main barriers will be people not wanting to have any changes at all and kicking off every step of the way. If your calling requirements are light then it's fine - smallish numbers of staff and everybody has a DDI sort of thing. If you're building phone trees and trying to have ring groups it's a lot clunkier.
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Thanks Ants!
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I need to be able to remotely access the desktop of my mother-in-law who lives in an assisted living facility. Ideally I would be able to access her desktop WITHOUT any input from her since she has a lot of trouble following instructions. Are there any solutions for this situation? Both computers are on Windows 10 if it matters.
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Jose Cuervo posted:I need to be able to remotely access the desktop of my mother-in-law who lives in an assisted living facility. Ideally I would be able to access her desktop WITHOUT any input from her since she has a lot of trouble following instructions. Are there any solutions for this situation? Both computers are on Windows 10 if it matters. I use dwservice a lot. Once the agent is installed, it's hands off and the interface is via browser so you can hit it from anywhere.
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I use Chrome Remote Desktop. I don't remember if Chrome has to be running for it to work, I don't think so. I make my mom long in and give me her access code every time cause I want her to at least have some security and be explicit about giving up her access, but I set it up for my laptop to access my desktop without any intervention from me on the desktop side.
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What about just bone standard off the shelf remote desktop protocol? I don't think that requires the other user to accept it, so long as you use a user account + pw in the connection.
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